Show a News Review f i of Current l L E Events the W World ol ld Over Ovel 1 a Budget d Director Douglas Passing on Public lic Works Projects Projects Pro Industrial Codes More lore 7 Jo J Jobs and Higher b Wages Prohibition Repeal Wins dins Again Again 1 J By EDWARD W. W PICKARD I S SECRETARY OP OF THE TIIE INTERIOR R ICKES in his capacity a as IlS public works administrator has been so beget beset be set get by the demands of ot bureaus an and d politicians f for tor o r b big l I S I r slices of ot the 3 at his disposal dig dis that he was constrained to Issue a n warning that th the e program with Its huge 4 h fund was not a n grabir grab ir bag Then after conK consultation con K K with his advisory advisory ad board he ke decided decided de that all nIl pr projects must be sent to the Lewis L' WIS W W. budget b bur bureau u r e c a u for Douglas radical paring down Thus Lewis W. W Yo Douglas director of the budget emerged as ns the man relied relied re reo lied Bed on to cut rut out the unwise unessential unessential unes unes- and tainted graft-tainted schemes amIto and amI to submit for board action only the worthy projects Politicians had been slipping into the lists proposals for construction of post offices but Secretary Secretary Sec See Ickes had forbidden their Inclusion Inclusion In In- elusion and In this was supported by President R Roosevelt ose Ickes Insists that each ench project provide pro a ma maximum of work worl that It perform a n necessary social ocIal service ser and that it not be a aI I recurring Item belonging properly Inan In Inan an nn annual appropriation bill I E MILLION business men of the FI FIVE United States are asked by President President President dent Roosevelt Hoose to accept voluntarily what Is called the Presidents Reemployment Reemployment Re- Re employment ment Agreement which Is de der designed signed to restore employment and nud raise purchasing power through h Increased Increased Increased In In- creased wa wages es Every cry business and trade and every cry conceivable able type of or worker are Included In this pact which is the master code that Gen Con Hugh S. S Johnson national recovery administrator administrator adminis adminis- and his aids worked out The employers are asked to adopt for five fh-e months be beginning August 1 minimum wa wage c and maximum hour scales for their workers to agree not notto notto to le levy profiteering prices to abolIsh abolish abol abol- I ish child labor and to obey various other regulations The Tiie hours of work worl fixed are mc 40 per I week for the so-called so white collar collarI I I employees and 35 5 hours for Industrial worl workers ers The wages proposed are 40 10 cents an nn hour for industrial workers or 14 per pel week weck except In cases where employees ees In the thc same class of work were paid less than that rate on July 15 5 1 19 1929 29 and then the 1929 1029 rate isto Is Isto Isto to be applied but In no case casc shall It be less than 30 cents an hour I For the white collar workers the i wage wac scales are arc fixed according to populations of the cities In which they work In cities clUes of more than population the minimum rate Is set setI I nt Hi per week In cities clUes between and the time rate Is 1 1150 0 between 2 2500 00 and at nt 14 14 In towns of less than 2500 population all wages shall be Increased by 20 per cent except that the maximum required required required re re- shall not be more than 12 per week If regular Industry codes are sl signed I before or during the live five month period pe pe- clod they will supersede the emergency emergency I enc ency ones Employers ers are given until September 1 to come under the plan and If It the they have not signed at nt that date the President made known that he will exert the powers he possesses under the tho national Industrial recovery recovery recovery ery act net and compel Industries to accept ac no- j codes which he ho will lay down arbitrarily ADMINISTRATOR Ton JOHNSON aeS nc- nc S 1 cording to Washington corresponds correspondents correspond correspond- s eats Is constructing a R big propaganda agency on behalf of the Industrial control cony con con- y administration He has hns called calle 1 on such uch veterans in the game as Charles CharlesS MIchelson publicity man mno for the Democratic Dem Dem- S j national 1 committee Frank R n Wilson Charles F. F Horner and arid others other s t who were leaders In the Liberty loan drives j Bruce Druce ameo Mc V T Lawson Heber Blankenhorn and ancl van vari various pus ous other skilled publicity men Primarily rl warily marily it was Indicated tho the new net or or- organization Is Intended to win for tor the proposed master mastel code ment men men- mentioned t 1 above I of Labor finnOFf I- I h reported by Secretary Francos oce Perkins show that during June POO OO workers returned to Jobs in factories fac- fac tories of or the United States and others found work In Industries find and In ture tare n Railroads find nd other industries Ies pot included In 10 the surveys saM ald Secretary See Sec II showed q a significant In q employment 1 Pains Wins pf 7 per cent Ip in factory em em- employment plo men mad and per cent pent iq lq f factors pay rolls made June Tune Ue Ule third coq Of f F month in pot ot and earnings C Increased Secretary rY Perkins accompanied p n J i t JI fie r report with n t warning y r r fl anti and rt specula la the live on A gain In ill a mont normally rm il marked ed b by a n seasonal decline decline de tie she declared cline was heartening but hut she pointed to the long climb still ahead before the lie country can regain the 10 1926 16 G level le taken as the base bythe by bythe bythe the bureau In figuring Its employment and pay roll Indices breaks In fu the prices S SENSATIONAL of all nil grains accompanied by similar sim ilar Har swift s declines In the prices of stocks s led to action b by the big grain exchanges The Chicago Board of or Trade stopped future trading for at least a da day and Issued this rule Effective e until further notice there shall be no trading during any day at prices more than 8 S Scents cents above e or below the average crage closing price of the preceding business day In wheat or r rye e or 5 cents In corn or 4 cents in oats Like hike action was taken talen by other boards of trade all 11 of them curbing trading in privileges I T TWO VO ICO states In the past re regarded as being dry as ns the proverbial pro bone and the first in the solid south to vote ote on the question of ratifying the prohibition prohibition prohibition tion repeal amendment were won quite easily by bJ the wets Alabama went on record as favoring oring repeal by a vote of nearly two to one and Arkansas voted about three to one for repeal Then came Tennessee and though returns from the mountain regions were slow the were assured of another victor victory Oregon followed and her vote in support of repeal meant that I twenty states were In that column with none yet et opposing Postmaster General Farley who was Interesting himself especially In the thc votes rotes in southern states said he was convinced that the Eighteenth amendment amendment amendment amend amend- ment would be out of the Constitution before Christmas and from t tio tw J wa way things are arc going he may well be right Although only thirty-five thirty states ha have hae e either voted or arranged to vote on repeal by November ember 7 action Is pendIng pending pend pond ing lag in several others which may brn bring the total number voting to more than the required thirty six G BEAT interest was shown throughout through through- out the lie country In the marital affairs af- af fairs flir of or Elliott Rno second son I Continued on page two s Continued from page ono one of at the President nt The th he e young oung r man mans man's s v ni wife Mrs Elizabeth r i Conner Donner Roosevelt on- on t tamed d n a dv divorce ogee from f r him at nt MInden lInden Nov No J bill on a n cross cros chars chars- ins In mental cruelty r l which was tuns uncontested uncoil uncoil- i Y f n J tested and amI he Imme inns Immediately i A diatel took tool an airplane air air- iI plane to C Chi Chicago Ii I c a ago so dk j where whore lie he met Miss Ruth Huth Googins of at Fort Worth Texas and her Elliott mother Rumors Humors that Roosevelt Elliott and Ruth Vero soon to be bc married were only half halt halfheartedly heartedly denied To 10 the Chicago reporters reporters reporters re re- re- re porters Mr l Hoose Roosevelt lt said he lie was there to meet his sister Mrs Curtis Dall and amI to visit the Century of Progress Progress Progress ress exposition Im not going to spend any time Um answering an anything personal he warned If Im I'm asked Is It so SOt Ill I'll say nothing until I get et ready ren to announce announce an nn- it Ill I'll certainly let all of you ou know If I ever deci decide e to marry a again aIn Miss Googins first met the Presidents President's Presidents President's dents dent's son at Fort Worth In March while he was a guest of the the Southwestern Southwestern Southwestern South South- western exposition EN ITALO BALBO nArno and his 05 03 G GEN GEX companions on the thc mass flight light from Italy to Chicago o left the Worlds World's fair fall city after several days clays da s 's of continuous continuous contin contin- entertainment that lint was limited only b by the endurance of the aviators They flew directly to New Xe York orl an and after a n rest were conveyed e ed In army planes to Washington to pay their respects respects respects re re- re- re to President ent Roosevelt Hoose Balbos Balbo's plans called for return to Ital Italy by way of Newfoundland lan going goin to eIther cither Ireland or the Azores depending on the weather Italy and Premier Mussolini may maywell well wll be proud of this exploit of their flyers and amI all must be hl highly hl gratified by the honors heaped on Balbo was mourning In America T THERE and Lithuania when it was WitS learned that Capt Stephen Darius an and Stanley StanIe Stanley Stan Stan- ley Ie of Chicago had hall crashed and amI perished in eastern Germany on their flight to Kaunas the Lithuanian capital The bo bodies les were found In a forest and antI were tal taken en to Kaunas where the government gave gaye them a state burial S TilE THE rather futile world economic economic eco eco- A AS conference In London drew toward Its close It was announced that thata a subcommittee had hatI adopted a part of Senator Key PIttman's resolution for forthe forthe forthe the rehabilitation of silver agreeing upon Increased use of the metal in subsidiary coinage The questions of regulating the world worl output of silver an and of at its use as a part of the Central Central Cen Cen- banks bank's metal coverage were post post- Senator PIttman said saltI he was quite satisfied What it means he said is this All AU governments go agree to cease debasement debasement de tIe- basement or melting of silver coins except India and Spain a and Ill the they agree to limit the amount they will sell fiell We Ve shall get back to where silver silver silver sil sil- ver was before the World orId war T of or about thirty thir- thir REPRESENTATIVES ty of the principal countries met in Amsterdam Holland at the call of at Samuel New NewYork York attorney for Cor the 1 purpose of extending the boycott against 1 G German J goods d and d of I gS r y J a appealing to tl the i League of Nations the alleged etl d against t Jewish anti-Jewish atrocities I perpetrated perpetrate by b y the t Ii e b f r F t Nazis in Germany t I Explaining the conference conference con con- ference Terence and its purposes pur Inn Samuel poses poses' Mr Ir Unterm er said that u n boycott Unterm yer already y was started in many countries but that Its effects had been cushioned by b a decision to use up German stocks s allea already on onI I hand With exhaustion of lh the e stocks he said saltI German manufacturers ers will begin to feel the full force of worldwide sentiment a against repression s' s sion slon of the Jews Jew The appeal to the League L ngu of Nations Nations Nations Na Na- probably will be he based on two counts violation counts violation of the labor clauses of at the treaty of Versailles In excluding excluding ing Jews from German labor unions and persecution of the Jews as as' as asa a iny minority mi JUl people Unterm el said he was worl working ln In close collaboration with the British Jewish committee hea headed ed by Lord LortI CHANCELLOR HITLER In his efforts efforts ef- ef C forts to speed up Industrial recovery recovery recovery ery In Germany has created an or organization organization known as ns the general genera council for tor Industry which is to assist the government with Its advice and practical practical experience In solving the unemployment unemployment unemployment problem Among Amon the Industrial Industrial Industrial Indus Indus- trial leaders who consented to serve sene on this council are arc Dr 01 Otto Fischer president of the Central Association of or German Bankers Dr Albert b rt director general of the United Steel Trust Dr Fritz Th Thyssen Rhineland coal and iron fron producer Karl 1 FrIedrich Friedrich Fried Fried- rich von van Siemens head of the electrical electrical electrical cal company which bears boars his name Baron Boron Kurt von yon Schroeder president ent of at the German Chamber of Commerce and a noted nutell banker of Cologne Vincent Vincent Vin Vin- cent Krogmann ma mayor or of Hamburg and andone andone one of at the German delegates to the economic conference at London Dr Krupp von Bohlen un und tend Halbach head of at the Krupp firm and Dr Robert Ley The problem for the Germans Is acute for tor the unemployed there number number number num num- ber about five million men and German German German Ger Ger- man exports for tor the first six months of at the year showed an alarming de de- cr crease nse The government Is L gating new r. r Taws VS s designer es i lT to Help U ti t- t ness men mon who give gl Increased employ employ- ment Citizens who give contracts Corr for Cor repairs r and amI Improvements to their buildings will be entitled to a n 10 per percent percent percent cent reduction In their Income and corporation corporation cor cor- taxes if the Increased bill for tor wages equals the cost of at the materials Newly formed business un undertakings will go tax free It If they deal In new manufacturing processes or bring to the market marl original products product provided that no competition Is given to existIng existing existing exist exist- ing firms of or the Benevolent Bene and ME MEMBERS Protective Or Order er of or Elks meetIng meetIng meet meet- Ing In convention In Milwaukee received re re- re- re e cel a n message of good will from President Roosevelt 4 and elected Walter Valter t r F. F Meier of ot Seattle Scuttle i their grand gran rand exalted l ruler Mr Ir Meier Is a a gra graduate of the University Uni Unla a t of Nebraska a former for mer corporation l counsel counselor of Seattle and andIs Is the author of a u book cal called The Time Heart of Ell Gov David of Florida put W Walter a It r F F. F him In nomination Me Moler Meer er ered nn and was himself elected elect elect- elected ed grand esteemed lending leading knight Judge James Fitzgerald of or Omaha was chosen gran grand esteemed loyal knight Leland Lelaud of Louisville gran grand tiler an and E. E J. J L L. Safford of at SantaFe Santa SantaFe SantaFe Fe grand Inner guard As the last act of his relm regime before be be- fore tore yielding ln place to the tine new grand grant exalted ruler Flo Floyd E. E Thompson of at Moline Ill na named med Circuit Judge Clayton Clayton Clayton Clay Clay- ton F F. F Van Pelt of or Fond du Lac VIsto Wis VIs to a five year ear term In the grand forum of the tine national lodge the supreme court of the order ILBERT N. N who |